Confluent
Streaming data platform built on Apache Kafka that moves live business events between systems.
- Based in
- Mountain View, US
- Listed
- Public (CFLT)
AI agents need live data, and this is the pipe that carries it as events happen.
Open source Kafka is free, and cloud firms bundle their own streaming tools.
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